Word-formation in English /
Ingo Plag.
- xiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Cambridge textbooks in linguistics .
- Cambridge textbooks in linguistics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic concepts -- Studying complex words -- Productivity and the mental lexicon -- Affixation -- Derivation without affixation -- Compounding -- Theoretical issues: modeling word-formation. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the study of word-formation, focussing specifically on English. This text will be of interest to all students of English language and linguistics.